Cracker blast in Tiruppur house: Infant among 3 killed, 15 injured
The New Indian Express|October 09, 2024
THREE persons, including a 10-month-old girl, were killed and 15 others injured on Tuesday after firecrackers, being illegally made for use in temple festivals, exploded inside a house in Pandian Nagar in Tiruppur town. Police have detained the house owner Karthik and his brother-in-law V Saravanakumar, the man behind the unauthorised cracker unit.
P SRINIVASAN Tiruppur
Cracker blast in Tiruppur house: Infant among 3 killed, 15 injured

While two of the deceased were identified - Kumar (39) of Elumathur, in Nambiyur, Erode district and 10-month-old A Alia Shirin from Pandian Nagar the third, a woman, remains unidentified. Police suspect she might be the wife of Kumar.

According to police, the twofloored house where the explosion took place is owned by Karthik from Ponnammal Nagar in Pandian Nagar. Three rooms on the first floor were rented out to knitwear workers from Bihar and Odisha. Karthik lived on the ground floor with his wife Sathyapriya and their two college-going sons.

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